Beetle, mustard

Insecticides Vetch aphid (Megoura viciae) bollworm (Helicoverpa zea) army worm (Spodoptera littoralis) diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) mustard beetle (Phaedon cochleariae) corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) whitefly Bemisia tabaci) red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae). 

PIVNICK, K.A., LAMB, R.J., REED, D., Response of flea beetles, Phyllotreta spp., to mustard oils and nitriles in field trapping experiments., J. Chem. Ecol., 1992, 18, 863-873. 

FEENY, P., PAAUWE, K.L., DEMONG, N.J., Flea beetles and mustard oils Host plant specificity of Phyllotreta cruciferae and P. striolata adults (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)., Ann Entomol. Soc. Am., 1970, 63, 832-841. 

Seedlings of Sinapis alba (mustard) have high concentrations of sinalbin (1) (20 mM in cotyledons and 10 mM in leaves) and are resistant even to the attacks of flea beetles and the bertha army worm, Mamestra configurata (Bodn-aryk, 1991). The resistance that sinalbin confers appears to... 

Allyl isothiocyanate is involved in attraction of the mustard beetle, Phaedon cochleariae, to its host plants (Tanton, 1977). 

Tanton, M. T., Response to food plant stimuli by larvae of the mustard beetle Phaedon cochleariae, Ent. Exp. Appl., 22, 113-122(1977). 

Rateka A, Vogel H, Kliebenstein DJ, Mitchell-Olds T, Kroymann J (2002) Disarming the mustard oil bomb. PiDC Natl Acad Sci USA 99 11223-11228 Rees CJC (1969) Chemoreceptor specificity associated with choice of feeding site by the beetle Chrysolina brunsvicensis on its foodplant, Hypericum hirsutum. Entomol Exp Appl 12 565-83... 

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